Download the Curriculum Statement here
Academic year 2022-23
What are we studying?
YEAR 7
UNIT 7.1: Ensemble Skills
Percussion Ensemble Performance
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Rehearsed an individual part within an ensemble
- Performed an individual part within an ensemble
Students will be taught:
- To cooperate, rehearse, and perform as part of a small musical group
- To build general ensemble skills, sense of timing, and how different layers of music fit together
- Basic techniques for playing percussion instruments
- To rehearse and perform with confidence, accuracy, fluency, and expression
- To incorporate tempo and dynamics to enhance the performance
UNIT 7.2: Music Technology Composition & Performance
Spooky Music Soundscape
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Composed to meet a set brief and specific musical outcome
- Learned the basic techniques for using a DAW (Digital, Audio Workstation)
Students will be taught:
- To collaborate musically in pairs, improvising musical ideas
- To realise a composition using the DAW
- To compose using idiomatic melodic and harmonic devices
- To compose meeting brief utilising musical elements such as: melody, triads, ostinato, pitch, tempo, dynamics, texture, tonality, repetition & contrast, and musical structures
- To utilise basic DAW based terminology, recording, editing, and mixing techniques
YEAR 8
UNIT 8.1: Ensemble Skills
Blues Style Composition & Performance
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Composed to meet a set brief and music style
- Composed an individual part within an ensemble
- Performed an individual part within an ensemble
Students will be taught:
- To improvise musical ideas, cooperate, ,and collaborate as part of a small musical group
- To incorporate appropriate Blues idioms into the composition to reflect the style
- To further build ensemble skills, sense of timing, and how more difficult layers of music fit together
- Techniques for playing piano, ukulele, and percussion instruments
- To rehearse and perform with confidence, accuracy, fluency, and expression
UNIT 8.2: Music Technology Composition & Performance
Heroes & Villains – Movie Theme Music
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Composed to meet a set brief and specific musical outcome
- Learned the basic techniques for using a DAW (Digital, Audio Workstation)
Students will be taught:
- To collaborate musically in pairs, improvising musical ideas
- To realise a composition using the DAW
- To compose using idiomatic melodic and harmonic devices
- To compose meeting brief utilising musical elements such as: themes/motif, development, structure, melody, triads, ostinato, pitch, tempo, dynamics, texture, tonality, repetition & contrast, and musical
- To utilise basic DAW based terminology, recording, editing, and mixing techniques
YEAR 9
UNIT 9.1: Music Technology Composition
Drum & Bass
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Composed to meet a set brief and musical style
- Learned basic AUDIO editing and sequencing techniques for the DAW (Digital, Audio Workstation)
Students will be taught:
- To collaborate musically in pairs, arranging existing musical ideas, and creating new musical ideas
- To realise a composition using the DAW
- To compose using audio sampling and editing techniques
- To compose meeting brief utilising musical elements such as: beat slicing, loops, triads, ostinato patterns, bass lines, tempo, texture, repetition & contrast, and appropriate musical structures
- To utilise basic DAW based terminology, recording, editing, and mixing techniques
UNIT 9.2: Music Technology Composition
Arrangement/Variations of a Song
By the end of the unit students will have:
- Composed to meet a set brief and musical style
- Learned more advanced MIDI and AUDIO editing and sequencing techniques for the DAW (Digital, Audio Workstation)
Students will be taught:
- To collaborate musically in pairs, arranging existing musical ideas, and creating new musical ideas
- To realise a composition using the DAW using a range of MIDI and audio and editing techniques
- To compose meeting brief utilising musical elements such as: development, variation, triads, ostinato patterns, bass lines, tempo, texture, repetition & contrast, and appropriate musical structures
- To utilise basic DAW based terminology, recording, editing, and mixing techniques
OTHER INFORMATION
KS3 are on a Performing Arts Rotation with Drama and Music.
They study 1 discipline per 3 terms
Year 10 and 11
No year 10 or 11 cohort this year.
CONTACT DETAILS
Coordinator & Head of Subject: Mr Lee Spencer
LSpencer@wykhampark-aspirations.org
THE MUSIC TOOLBOX
Everything you need to be successful in Music
- Commitment
- Resilience
- Patience
- Self-belief
- Ability to be constructively critical
- Pro-active approach to practise/rehearsal
KEY VOCABULARY
- Dynamics
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Articulation
- Tempo
- Texture
- Pitch
- Structure
- Metre
- Instrumentation
- Tonality
- Harmony
Should you have any other questions or want to find out more, please contact Shileen Green, Vice Principal on: sgreen@wykhampark-aspirations.